The uptake and bioaccumulation of heavy metals by food plants, their effects on plants nutrients, and associated health risk: a review

A Khan, S Khan, MA Khan, Z Qamar… - Environmental science and …, 2015 - Springer
Heavy metal contamination is a globally recognized environmental issue, threatening
human life very seriously. Increasing population and high demand for food resulted in …

Understanding potential heavy metal contamination, absorption, translocation and accumulation in rice and human health risks

Z Zakaria, NS Zulkafflee, NA Mohd Redzuan, J Selamat… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rice is a worldwide staple food and heavy metal contamination is often reported in rice
production. Heavy metal can originate from natural sources or be present through …

A review of soil heavy metal pollution from mines in China: pollution and health risk assessment

Z Li, Z Ma, TJ van der Kuijp, Z Yuan, L Huang - Science of the total …, 2014 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution has pervaded many parts of the world, especially developing
countries such as China. This review summarizes available data in the literature (2005 …

Contamination source apportionment and health risk assessment of heavy metals in soil around municipal solid waste incinerator: A case study in North China

W Ma, L Tai, Z Qiao, L Zhong, Z Wang, K Fu… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Few studies have comprehensively taken into account the source apportionment and human
health risk of soil heavy metals in the vicinity of municipal solid waste incinerator (MSWI) in …

International analysis of sources and human health risk associated with trace metal contaminants in residential indoor dust

CF Isley, KL Fry, X Liu, GM Filippelli… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
People spend increasing amounts of time at home, yet the indoor home environment
remains understudied in terms of potential exposure to toxic trace metals. We evaluated …

Consumer product chemicals in indoor dust: a quantitative meta-analysis of US studies

SD Mitro, RE Dodson, V Singla… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Indoor dust is a reservoir for commercial consumer product chemicals, including many
compounds with known or suspected health effects. However, most dust exposure studies …

[HTML][HTML] Human exposure and risk associated with trace element concentrations in indoor dust from Australian homes

INY Doyi, CF Isley, NS Soltani, MP Taylor - Environment international, 2019 - Elsevier
This study examines residential indoor dust from 224 homes in Sydney, Australia for trace
element concentrations measured using portable X-ray Fluorescence (pXRF) and their …

Health hazards of China's lead-acid battery industry: a review of its market drivers, production processes, and health impacts

TJ Van der Kuijp, L Huang, CR Cherry - Environmental Health, 2013 - Springer
Despite China's leaded gasoline phase out in 2000, the continued high rates of lead
poisoning found in children's blood lead levels reflect the need for identifying and controlling …

Canadian House Dust Study: Population-based concentrations, loads and loading rates of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, lead, and zinc inside urban …

PE Rasmussen, C Levesque, M Chénier… - Science of the total …, 2013 - Elsevier
The Canadian House Dust Study was designed to obtain nationally representative urban
house dust metal concentrations (μgg− 1) and metal loadings (μgm− 2) for arsenic (As) …

Sources and composition of metals in indoor house dust in a mid-size Canadian city

JH Dingle, L Kohl, N Khan, M Meng, YA Shi… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
House dust is an important medium for exposure to persistent pollutants, such as metals.
Detailed characterization of metal composition is needed to identify sources and potential …